{"id":95556,"date":"2026-04-24T10:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-04-24-gpt-5-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:38:16","slug":"gpt-5-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot","status":"publish","type":[3521],"link":"https:\/\/github.blog\/changelog\/2026-04-24-gpt-5-5-is-generally-available-for-github-copilot","title":{"rendered":"GPT-5.5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>GPT-5.5, OpenAI&rsquo;s latest GPT model, is now rolling out on GitHub Copilot. In our early testing, GPT-5.5 delivers its strongest performance on complex, multi-step agentic coding task and resolves real-world coding challenges previous GPT models couldn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<p>Note that this model is launching with a <strong>7.5&times; premium request multiplier<\/strong> as part of promotional pricing.<\/p>\n<p><video loop controls autoplay muted width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/github.com\/user-attachments\/assets\/95039d2a-7472-46f4-bcc4-21452e8caab1\"><br>\n<\/video><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"availability-in-github-copilot\" id=\"availability-in-github-copilot\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#availability-in-github-copilot\">Availability in GitHub Copilot<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>GPT-5.5 will be available to <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/features\/copilot\/plans?utm_source=changelog-codex53-cta&amp;utm_medium=changelog&amp;utm_campaign=newmodels\">Copilot Pro+, Copilot Business, and Copilot Enterprise<\/a> users.<\/p>\n<p>You&rsquo;ll be able to select the model in the model picker in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visual Studio Code <\/li>\n<li>Visual Studio<\/li>\n<li>Copilot CLI<\/li>\n<li>GitHub Copilot cloud agent <\/li>\n<li>github.com<\/li>\n<li>GitHub Mobile iOS and Android<\/li>\n<li>JetBrains<\/li>\n<li>Xcode<\/li>\n<li>Eclipse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rollout will be gradual. Check back soon if you don&rsquo;t see it yet.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"enabling-access\" id=\"enabling-access\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#enabling-access\">Enabling access<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Copilot Enterprise and Copilot Business plan administrators must enable the GPT-5.5 policy in Copilot settings.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"learn-more\" id=\"learn-more\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#learn-more\">Learn more<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>To explore all models available in GitHub Copilot, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/copilot\/reference\/ai-models\/supported-models\">documentation on models<\/a> and get started with Copilot.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"share-your-feedback\" id=\"share-your-feedback\" ><a class=\"heading-link\" href=\"#share-your-feedback\">Share your feedback<span class=\"heading-hash pl-2 text-italic text-bold\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/orgs\/community\/discussions\/categories\/copilot-conversations\">GitHub Community<\/a> to share your feedback.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GPT-5.5, OpenAI&rsquo;s latest GPT model, is now rolling out on GitHub Copilot. 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